Starter for internal-combustion engines.



APPLICATION FILED PEB. 12, 1910.

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ATTORNEYS IIIQIVIC STS l:DAVID SMITH ANTHONY, OF DURANGO, MEXICO, ASSIGNOR OF ONEeTHIRD TO EDWARD WILLIAMS AND ONE-THIRD TO GEORGE F. HABERNIGG, OF DURANGO, MEXICO.

STARTER FOR .INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES.

To all whom lit mag/consenti Be it known that I, DAVID SMITH AN- THoNY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Durango, Mexico, have invented a new and Improved Starter forlnternah Combustion Engines, of which the following is a full, clear, andeXact description.

My invention relates to engine starters, and it has for its object to provide one which has `a drum which may be connected by a cable or other flexible transmission means with a pulley on an engine shaft, there beingmeans adapted to rotate the drum on which the cable is wound, the engine shaft being i adapted to be rotated rapidly by this means,

and one end of the cable being adapted to slip from a recess in the pulley in which it is disposed, when the starter is used.

Still other objects of the invention will appear in the following complete descrip tion.

In this specification I will describe the i preferred form of my invention, it being understood that the scope of the invention is defined in the appended claims.

Reference-is to be had to the accompanying drawings formin a part of this specification, in which simi ar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in whichf Figure lis a side elevation of my invention as applied to an internal combustion engine; Fig, 2 is a fragmentary view showing the arrangement of the sheave wheel at the top of the frame; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary View showing the manner in which the shaft is journaled in the lower portion of the frame with the drums thereon, and also the l means for locking said drums to the shaft;

and Fig. 4 is a sectional View on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that a frame, having side members 5,

is provided, whichwme'inbers are connected at their tops by transverse members G, and are supported by braces 7. A shaft 8 is journaled in the side members 5 of the frame near their tops, and a pulley 9 is sel cured to the said shaft. In the side meinn bers 5, near their bottom is also journaled ashaft 10 on which are mounted drums 11 and 12, which are preferably integral, one with the other. IA collar 13 extendsfrom the drum 11 and is integral therewith, and has, alrecess ,14 adapted to receivea pin or Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led February 12, 1910.

Yengage the ratchet wheel 23.

vadapted to be wound thereon.

. 27 connected by the cable 26 Patented Sept. 27, 1910 Serial No. 543,496.

tooth 15, connected by a link 16 with a lever 17 which is pivoted to a lug 18 connected with a member 19, secured to the Ishaft 10,

next a bearing 20, in one of the side members o, in which the shaft 10 is journaled, there being al bearing 21 in the other side member 5 in` which the shaft is also journaled. The shaft 10 projects beyond each of the side members 5, a. crank 22 being secured to one projecting end of the shaft 10, a ratchet wheel 23 being secured to the other projecting endyof the shaft, there being a crank 24 secured tothe last-mentioned projecting end of the shaft beyond the ratchet wheel 23. ik pawl 25' is pivoted to one of the side members 5 and is adapted to A cable 26 is disposed over the pulley 9, there being a weight 27 which is secured to one end of the said cable 26, the other end of the cable 26 being secured to the drum 12 and being A; cable 28 is secured to the drumll and is adapted to `be wound thereon, the said-cable 28 being also wound around a pulley 29 on the shaft 30 of an engine 31, one of the terminals 32 of the cable 28 being disposed in a recess 33 in the pulley 29, so that when the termij nal is so disposed and the cable is wound around the pulley 29, it will obtain a firm hold on the pulley until itis unwound by the rotation of the shaft 10 and thepulley 11which in turn is rotated by the weight v27 on the cable 26, the'cable 26 being securedl to the drnm 12.

In using the invention, the weight 27 is raised to the top ofthe frame by means of the cable 26 and the crank 24, the ratchet wheel 23 and the pawl `25 being used when this is done. When the weight has been raised to the position near the top of the lframe, .the cable 28 is wound around the pulley 29, one terminal 32 of the cable 28 being disposed in the recess 33. When this has been done, the pawl 25 is not raised from th ratchet wheel 23, after the weight 27 is raised but must be left in gear until the drums 11 and 12 are released'from the member 19, and when the engineer desires to start the engine, the pin or tooth 15 is removed from the recess 14 by means of the lever 17, .and the link 1G, ermitting the drums 11 and 12 to be rotatedD by the weight with the drum 12,-serving as the power to rotate the drums and the shaft 10, the druni ll dravving on Patent l. In an engine starter, a drum adapted to rotate, a pulley, a Weight, a cable secured to and' adapted to be ivoundon the drum, the cable extending over the pulley and being secured to the Weight, and a cable secured to the drinn and adapted to be Wound on the engine shaft.

2. In an engine starter, afraine, a shaft journaled in the frame, a drum rotatably mounted on the shaft, there being a recess in a member of the drum, a pin connected with the shaft and adapted to be disposed in the recess in the drum to hold the drum relatively to the shaft, a Weight, and a cable connected with the Weight and adapted to be Wound on the drum. y

3. In an engine starter, a frame, a shaft journaled in the frame, a drum mounted on the shaft and having a recess, a pulley, a Weight, and a cable connected with the weight and adapted` to be Wound on the drum, a pin adapted tobe disposed in the recess, and a lever connected to the shaft, the lever being connected'to the pin..

4. In an engine starter, a frame, a shaft journaled in the frame, two drums mounted on the shaft, there being a recess in a member of one of the drums, a tooth adapted to be disposed in thereces's, a lever pivoted to a member of the shaft, a link connecting the lever with the tooth, a pulley, a Weight, a cable connected with theweight, the cable being disposed 'over the pulley and being. adapted to be Wound on one of the drums,

pivoted to a memberV an engine shaft, a pulley thereon, anda second cable adapted to be Wound on the pulley of the engine shaft and'on the other drum.

5. In an engine starter, a frame, a shaft journaled in the frame, a drum mounted on the shaft, a cable adaptedto be Wound on the drum, an engine shaft, a pulley mounted on the engine shaft and having a recess, said cable being adapted to be Wound on the pulv ley, a second pulley, a cable disposed over.

the second-mentioned pulley, and a Weight secured to one terminal of the cable, the lastmentioned cable being adapted to be Wound on the drinn.

6. In an ,engine starter, a. frame, a shaft journaled in the frame, a drinn on the shaft, there being a recess in a member of the drum, a tooth adapted to be disposed in the recess,- a lever /pivoted tor a member connected to the shaft, a link connecting the said member With the tooth, a pulley, a Weight, a cable connected with the Weight, the cable being disposed over the pulley and being adapted to be Wound on the drum,

an engine shaft, a pulley thereon having a recess, and a second cable adapted to be Wound on the pulley on the engine shaft and on the drum, the terminal of the secondmentioned cable being adapted to bev disposed inthe recess in the pulley on the engine shaft.

7. In an engine starter, a frame, a shaft journaled in theframe, a drum mounted' on the shaft, a cable adapted to be Wound on the drum, an engine shaft, a pulley mounted on the engine sliaft,'said cable being adapted to be Wound on the pulley, a second pulley, a cable disposed over the second-1nentioned pulley, a Weight secured to one terminal of the cable, the last-1nentioned cable being adapted to be Wound on the drum.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

n DAVID SMITH ANTHONY. 1Witnesses:

GEORGE F. HABERNIGG,

EDWARD 1WILLIAMS. 

